diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5e4f6a1..6a58f57 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1880,6 +1880,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "config",
  "crypto-hash",
  "ctrlc",
+ "dirs",
  "dotenvy",
  "ed25519",
  "ed25519-dalek",
@@ -1974,6 +1975,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "subtle",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dirs"
+version = "5.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "44c45a9d03d6676652bcb5e724c7e988de1acad23a711b5217ab9cbecbec2225"
+dependencies = [
+ "dirs-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "dirs-sys"
+version = "0.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "520f05a5cbd335fae5a99ff7a6ab8627577660ee5cfd6a94a6a929b52ff0321c"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "option-ext",
+ "redox_users",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "display-error-chain"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -4134,6 +4156,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libredox"
+version = "0.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c0ff37bd590ca25063e35af745c343cb7a0271906fb7b37e4813e8f79f00268d"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.6.0",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "linked-hash-map"
 version = "0.5.6"
@@ -4593,6 +4625,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "vcpkg",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "option-ext"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "04744f49eae99ab78e0d5c0b603ab218f515ea8cfe5a456d7629ad883a3b6e7d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ordered-multimap"
 version = "0.6.0"
@@ -5374,6 +5412,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.6.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "redox_users"
+version = "0.4.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bd283d9651eeda4b2a83a43c1c91b266c40fd76ecd39a50a8c630ae69dc72891"
+dependencies = [
+ "getrandom 0.2.15",
+ "libredox",
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "regex"
 version = "1.10.5"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 30a811b..777e440 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -51,4 +51,5 @@ mockall = "0.12.1"
 keystore = { git = "https://github.com/deltadevsde/keystore", rev = "40f21a41afd0654091bb0881665288034ab8533f" }
 pyroscope = "0.5.7"
 pyroscope_pprofrs = "0.2.7"
-toml = "0.8.14"
\ No newline at end of file
+toml = "0.8.14"
+dirs = "5.0.1"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/cfg.rs b/src/cfg.rs
index 5860705..73f8154 100644
--- a/src/cfg.rs
+++ b/src/cfg.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
 use config::{builder::DefaultState, ConfigBuilder, File};
+use dirs::home_dir;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::{fs, path::Path, sync::Arc};
 
@@ -134,9 +135,10 @@ impl Default for Config {
 }
 
 pub fn load_config(args: CommandLineArgs) -> Result<Config, config::ConfigError> {
-    let config_path = args
-        .config_path
-        .unwrap_or_else(|| ".deimos/config.toml".to_string());
+    let config_path = args.config_path.unwrap_or_else(|| {
+        let home_dir = home_dir().expect("Failed to get home directory");
+        format!("{}/.deimos/config.toml", home_dir.to_string_lossy())
+    });
 
     // if the config file doesn't exist, create it with the default values
     if !Path::new(&config_path).exists() {
@@ -155,7 +157,7 @@ pub fn load_config(args: CommandLineArgs) -> Result<Config, config::ConfigError>
 
     let default_config = Config::default();
     let file_config: Config = settings.try_deserialize().unwrap_or_else(|e| {
-        debug!("Failed to deserialize config file: {}", e);
+        error!("deserializing config file: {}", e);
         Config::default()
     });